I don't like blood sports but I make an exception for rats.
I'd never shoot a fox, a bunny, a bird, or a squirrel. We get rats at the bottom of our garden (a neighbour breeds "exotic" chickens) and we get rats in about an 18 month cycle, we've been rat-free, but now it's "weapons free" and I'm on top of the leader board, three infront of my eldest son.
My favourite sniper position, upstairs bathroom.
We've got a pond behind the green gate and the buggers hang about down there.
Shooting furry animals.
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You dirty rat..........get yourself a right nasty terrier/alligator cross, don't give him any dinner night before and just let the little Fecker loose......problem solved, just don't put your hands in the way......
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Like Eddie / Gringo and Alanchunky butt wrote: βSat Oct 21, 2017 3:38 pm You dirty rat..........get yourself a right nasty terrier/alligator cross, don't give him any dinner night before and just let the little Fecker loose......problem solved, just don't put your hands in the way......
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Looks like quite a scope. What is your rifle?
Good hunting
Good hunting
And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.
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I know I have become a Boring Old Fart, Steve .. but perhaps look at the legal side, firearms, and consider council exterminator
best wishes
Gary
ps.. you may want to think about removing this post?
best wishes
Gary
ps.. you may want to think about removing this post?
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I don't worry about the mice and squirrels but rats get a lump of 177.
I just sit at the garden table until the beggars go to the bird feeders, it's usually this time of year when the fields are wet that brings them out.
I just sit at the garden table until the beggars go to the bird feeders, it's usually this time of year when the fields are wet that brings them out.
Open your eyes and you see what is in front of you, open your mind and you see a bigger picture but open your heart and you see a whole new World.
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Also have a minor rat problem live next to a field and a run down house have had the council rat catcher out a few times but as the problem is not massive and he cant really do anything about the field and house, he was quite happy for me to carry on with dispatching them with my rifle.
No need to delete this post you are perfectly well with in your rights to kill vermin humanly and so long as you have a licence for your firearm but then if you have an air rifle you don't need a licence
No need to delete this post you are perfectly well with in your rights to kill vermin humanly and so long as you have a licence for your firearm but then if you have an air rifle you don't need a licence
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I got a feeling the laws may have changed .. I sincerely hope I am wrong
then there is the bit about firing within 50yds? of the highway?
then there is the bit about firing within 50yds? of the highway?
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Yes it's just an air rifle.
In answer to Brenhden's question.....It's a bolt action Walther Rotex RM8 .22 with a Panamax X9 scope.
It's very accurate at this range (25/30 metres) and really gives rats the good news.
It''s pre-charged from a diving bottle and gives about 80 shots per charge, it's got an 8 round magazine.
.....I'm well over 50 yards from any road......and it's open farmland to the rear.
In answer to Brenhden's question.....It's a bolt action Walther Rotex RM8 .22 with a Panamax X9 scope.
It's very accurate at this range (25/30 metres) and really gives rats the good news.
It''s pre-charged from a diving bottle and gives about 80 shots per charge, it's got an 8 round magazine.
.....I'm well over 50 yards from any road......and it's open farmland to the rear.